OEC
Committee

Purpose
of the OEC Committee: To
have a representative from each patrol encourage communication between the
Patrol and the Region OEC Administrator. To help the Region OEC
Administrator provide a quality OEC Program to the region.

Selection
of the OEC Committee: Each
Patrol Director will select a patrol member who is involved in the OEC
Program (having minimum the credentials of an OEC Instructor) to be the
patrol representative. Patrol Directors will review their
representation once a year.

Tasks
of the OEC Committee

Secretarial:
to take and distribute minutes of the OEC Committee Meetings.
Minutes are to be e-mailed to the Patrol Directors, Region Director,
Section Chiefs, Committee Members. If e-mail is not an option,
minutes are to be mailed via postal mail. Notices for upcoming
meetings are mailed to the appropriate people in a timely fashion.

OEC
Course Representative: to keep in close contact with the Course
Instructors and help with the setting up of the Course, encourage
participation of other OEC Instructors, be of assistance in whatever
way is needed to assure the course is well run.

Refresher
Follow-up: to make sure all the appropriate paperwork has been
completed and turned in, make sure Records Keeper for the Region is
notified of who attended what refresher.

Senior
EMM Trainer Coordinator: to run the Senior OEC Program in its
entirety.

Phase
II Coordinator: to see that at least one OEC Phase II Course is
offered each year, set up the course, notify the appropriate parties of
the course specifics, encourage participation, select I/Tís and OEC
Instructors to run the course.

OEC
Instructors

An OEC Instructor
is a current NSP member, Alumni Association member or member of an NSP
approved affiliated organization that has successfully completed the OEC
Course, the Instructor Development: Phase I Course, and the OEC: Phase II
Course modules.

An
OEC Instructor is selected after submitting an Instructor Application to
the OEC Supervisor, Administrator or Instructor Trainer and then assists
in teaching two or more courses under the supervision of an appointed
mentor. The Division OEC Supervisor, or delegated individual, will
appoint the instructor for a period of three years.

To
be re-certified as an OEC Instructor the following must be
accomplished:

Participate
in some form of a continuing education clinic to update instructors in
OEC and instructional teaching content, materials and information,
with teaching capability reviewed and OEC skills demonstrated.

Demonstrate/practice
instructional skills in at least 50 percent of the didactic and skill
lessons of the curriculum

Be
evaluated by an OEC Instructor Trainer at least once during the three
year period

OEC
Instructors are responsible for teaching OEC Courses, Continuing Education
Clinics and Refreshers using only current OEC materials and requires
students to use current materials as well. There should be a
cooperative relationship with assigned Instructor Trainer.

OEC
Instructors are responsible for the Quality Management of the OEC Program,
which includes personal competency in all knowledge and skill areas as
well as student competency validation. May act as a mentor for
an interning instructor.

OEC
Instructors are responsible for some of the administration in the OEC
Program: as an instructor of record and by maintaining personal teaching
and continuing education records.